I tweeted to Clem telling him to do jumping jacks for us so it could make headline news for ESPN.

"I'm not the type to let a sleeping giant lie. I wake up the giant, slap him around, make him mad and beat him to the ground. I talk a big game because I carry a big stick." --- All-Pro Stanford Graduate

If his strength is back he should play. They have new stim devices that repair the direction of soft tissue fibers extraordinarily fast and safely, the same way the eccentric part of calf raises heal achilles tendinitis almost overnight. That's why everyone suddenly seems to have "superhuman" recuperative powers. I hope Pete doesn't arbitrarily hold him back out of a false sense of safety. Games at the beginning of the year count just as much as the end. A tough Carolina team at 10am then a revenge-minded SF the next week and we could easily start in a 0-2 hole. As the last few games of last season should have demonstrated, if you keep digging holes, eventually you can't get out. According to Vegas we only have a 1 in 9 chance of winning the SB. That's pretty terrible considering how excited we all are. I dread this season being wasted by a lack of urgency.

He's one of the most important guys on the defense, even with new D-Line additions. Key on every down. I think he'll be right by the start of the season, but the team might give him more time just to be safe.

Quinn will know if he's ready to go by the time we play the black cats, and if not?, I trust that he will have schemes to fit the new and improved Defensive front seven.I'll leave the worrying to someone else to dither with.

sutz wrote:Sounds good! Right now I'm thinking he starts the year on PUP, but if he makes it back, .

But, I hope they don't rush him back like they did Carp. Let him get healthy.

I'm pretty much along the same line of thoughts. I can't wait until he's back, but I don't want them to rush him. I'd rather miss him the first 6 weeks and have him back at 100% then bring him in at "good enough" to start the season. We've added some weapons, so we are stronger than we were when he went out at the end of last season. I hope once he's back that he's fully healthy, then we can have another strong finish. We'll need him come playoff time.

Missing_Clink wrote:Has a big name pro athlete ever been behind schedule in their injury recovery during the off-season?

Well, I don't have much evidence for this, but it seems like the last couple of years, really fast knee rehabs have become a lot more common. I'm assuming it's due to HGH becoming more widespread, unless someone has evidence for a different explanation?

Missing_Clink wrote:Has a big name pro athlete ever been behind schedule in their injury recovery during the off-season?

Well, I don't have much evidence for this, but it seems like the last couple of years, really fast knee rehabs have become a lot more common. I'm assuming it's due to HGH becoming more widespread, unless someone has evidence for a different explanation?